21. Fiasco
The draw for the Coppa Italia is still going well, and Trapani will face Salernitana, who were relegated from Serie B last season, a team with limited strength, and the Coppa Italia itself will give these teams one more round of income for one more round of play, and the Coppa Italia is now a two-legged competition.
In the face of the weaker Salernitana, Trapani's coaching staff is naturally focused on training, and even the team's 10,000-year-old substitute Pioro has been given 20 minutes of playing time and also scored a goal, Trapani was able to beat Salernitana 4-0 away from home, and has basically stepped into the door of the round of 16 with one foot.
Getting such a victory is not a surprise for Trapani, time flies, Trapani is no longer a Serie B promotion horse but the 4th ranked Serie A team, and the mentality is naturally completely different.
Immediately after the home game against Udinese led by Spalletti on October 5, the Pozzo family has a good relationship with Hugo, Udinese under the leadership of this family takes the star processing factory route, and their way is actually similar to the current situation of Trapani, but the difference between Trapani is that Hugo is forced to do this due to financial pressure, and the Pozzo family of Udinese is completely for money, they play football for money, and they can make a lot of profits from Udinese over the years. They don't expect much from Udinese.
Udinese's success is not only in terms of player processing, but also due to the insight of the Pozzo family, Zaccheroni and now Spalletti have succeeded in Udinese, Spalletti led Udinese to a ticket to the UEFA Cup last season, but this season Udinese did not start very well, only 4 points in the first four rounds, 5 points behind Trapani, although it is an away game, Udinese also hopes to bully Trapani, the promoted team, to reverse the team's decline.
Udinese boss Gianpaolo. Pozzo did not come to Trapani, but his son Udinese was the president of Gino. Pozzo came to Trapani, not only to supervise Udinese, but more importantly, to meet Trapani's boss Hugo and get closer to everyone.
Hugo had to take time out of the evening and Gino. Pozzo had dinner together, the previous relationship between the two was not deep, Hugo was very interested in the operation of the Pozzo family, the Pozzo family is of course not as rich as Hugo in terms of money, and it is also very beneficial for the Pozzo family to meet a young rich man like Hugo and deal with him well.
Hugo and the management of Trapani humbly asked Pozzo about the experience of the Pozzo family at the helm of Udinese. Pozzo revealed himself to Hugo very sincerely, in fact, these are not secrets, the most important thing is courage, is the Italian giants stupid?! But they don't have such courage, and it is not necessarily a good thing for the family business to be big, and they have a lot of concerns.
One of the Pozzo families who really made football a business was Gino. Pozo, who thinks that the Udinese model can bring huge profits to the family, in fact it is, they hardly spend money on big-name stars, but Bierhoff, Amoruso, Gianni Keda, Fiore and others all came out of Udinese and made Udinese a lot of money.
"Gigi, a rich man like you wouldn't want to make a fuss with us like this, would you?!" Gino. Pozzo joked.
"Why not, a team needs to achieve a good business, I think you are our model!" Hugo said with deliberate appreciation.
"Haha, we're a small team, nothing big to pursue! If you can win a championship or something, that's a surprise! But such surprises are not so easy to achieve! If you want to win the championship, you can't do it without investing money! Look at Milan, they all bought their titles with money! "Pozzo bluntly revealed that Udinese did not sink your ambitions.
Hugo nodded, "Don't worry, Gino! I'm not going to rob your business! Besides, the football market is so big, and it is good for everyone that we cooperate with each other! We have a different philosophy with each other, we value our players more on Italian soil than abroad! ”
Udinese's model is to bring in players from abroad for processing, and they do business at home, but they are far less good at finding talent from abroad.
If you look closely, Udinese is also an eight-nation team, with players of all nationalities.
This is indeed different from Trapani, whose team is mainly Italian, although there are few Italians in the main position.
After listening to the story of the Pozzo family, Hugo asked Pozzo with interest how he felt about his team?!
Pozzo began by saying: "Guardiola can't do it!" Last year he was probably okay in Serie B, but I don't think he has a lot of room for a level like Serie A! ”
Pozzo shook his head as he spoke, and everyone in Hugo and Trapani nodded their heads, but Guardiola is at least an indispensable member of Trapani for now, and Hugo now regrets selling Mereles, otherwise there is at least one person available, and midfielders such as Padoin and Li Tie are not qualified for the role of Guardiola.
"Jiji, I have someone in my hand to recommend to you!" Pozzo blinked and smiled.
Hugo woke up, I really want to spray the guy all over the saliva, damn, it for a long time, how do you say I Pep can't do it, so I'm busy recommending my own players?!
Let's see what he said, Hugo made up his mind.
Pozzo was also unequivocal, "David. Pizarro, what do you think?! ”
"David. Pizarro! Hugo muttered, of course he knew David. Pizarro, tomorrow's game will be no surprise that the Udinese midfielder will play, Hugo also knows that last season's Udinese player statistics are still quite beautiful, the team's second leading scorer, scored seven goals in the league, and he himself is a midfielder, the role is very similar to Guardiola.
Hugo turned his head to Selly.
"Mr. Pozzo, this is difficult! You should know that Juventus, Inter Milan they are all against David. Pizarro is interested, how can we possibly compete with them?! "Cellly's instinct is that Pozzo is a liar, he is looking for a guy who has a lot of money to raise the price with Juventus and Inter Milan, and who needs to be supplemented like this, Trapani is definitely a good person.
"I don't want to sell to them! They're strong enough for us as a team! Pozzo said leisurely.
Only by believing in you can there be ghosts, and Hugo does not believe Pozzo's nonsense.
There is simply no one in Udinese who does not dare to sell, as long as someone wants to leave, someone pays a high price, they dare to sell.
Hugo smiled and said, "I'll help you this time!" How do you thank me! ”
As soon as this sentence came out, it showed that Hugo had seen through Pozzo's mind.
Pozo was anxious, "I sincerely recommend it to you!" Think about how old David is now, he has a lot of experience in Serie A, and he is more suitable for you than Pep Guardiola! In terms of price, we can discuss it well, I really don't want to sell it to them! ”
Hugo and Cerly were a little surprised, it was so rare that Pozzo would not want to give Pizarro to Inter Milan and Juventus for competitive reasons!
"Let's leave this matter aside for now, we will make a serious assessment, if David . Pizarro deserves our help, and it's not too late for us to discuss! Hugo said vaguely, he was not sure what Pozzo's real purpose was, and said that foreigners believe in the spirit of contract, but Hugo became an Italian, so he knew that he was fucking bullshit, and there are too many birdmen in Italian football who turn their faces faster than books.
Pozo could only cry helplessly in his heart, Lao Tzu really wants to give you a good player!
Putting down this matter, Hugo talked to Pozo about business, he asked Pozo if he was interested in investing in Guingamp, Pozzo ignited a strong interest, and now there is only one club under the Pozzo family, that is, Udinese, Hugo talked to Pozzo about the benefits of investing in Guingamp, Udinese can loan young players to Guingamp for training, anyway, they are all a family, don't worry about not being able to cultivate enough.
Pozzo asked a lot about Guingamp, Hugo actually thought more, cooperating with the Pozzo family to own a club is the first step, the next step, he wants to develop the South American market and the African market with the Pozzo family, the Pozzo family is very good at football business, Hugo does not expect to make money with them but hopes to be able to do business with them, in advance, good seedlings.
Trapani is very weak in terms of the establishment of the scouting system, and so far there is only the network of Hernandez's father on the Argentine side, which is really pitiful.
The dinner in the evening was enjoyable, but the next day's game was not friendly at all, Trapani, who lacked two key players, was no match for Udinese at all, Pizarro did play very well, and Udinese's attack and defense were very orderly under his combing, and Hugo's two-center tactics were useless.
In his home stadium, he lost 0:5 to the visiting Udinese, did not score a single goal, and holes in the defense abounded.
Gino. Pozzo flashed quickly and quietly sent a text message to Hugo after the game, "I have something to do, go first, we won't have post-game dinner together in the evening, please forgive me!" ”